The American Food and Drug Administration approves to provide new crown vaccines to young children under 5 years old

Jimu Journalist Sun Yan

According to Reuters, on June 17, local time, the US Food and Drug Administration revised the new crown vaccine developed for American biotechnology companies Modner and the emergency development of the new crown vaccine developed by the US Pfizer and German new technology companies Use authorization to approve these two vaccines to young children under the age of 5.

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According to CNBC, according to the latest revision, the Modner vaccine was used in people 6 months to 17 years old, with two doses, and the dose of each injection was a quarter of adults. For children under 6 years of age, the two -dose vaccination time needs to be separated by 4 weeks; Pfizer vaccine is used in 6 months to 4 years old, and 3 doses are vaccinated. The dose of each injection is one -tenth of the adult. In 3 weeks, the interval between the third and the second doses was at least two months.

Earlier, Pfizer vaccine has been approved to be used at the age of 5 and over.

The report pointed out that the amendment must be obtained from the consent of the American Disease Control and Prevention Center. On June 17, local time, the expert committee of the American Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has held a meeting, and it is expected that it will soon make a decision to recommend the vaccination of the group.

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